Med Students: We Want More Sex Ed!

By

Katherine Hobson

Jul 29, 2010 11:48 am ET

Why ask med students about their sex lives?

That was our first question when we heard about a University of California, San Francisco study just published in Academic Medicine that digs into the factors associated with how comfortable a student is discussing sex in a clinical context.

“There’s a perception that doctors don’t know how to address this issue and don’t feel comfortable bringing it up,” Alan Shindel …

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